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Data Center Decommissioning in Brussels
Reboot Monkey removes and disposes of retired servers, switches, storage arrays and their cabling and rail kits from customer racks in Brussels. Serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions are recorded against your asset list, and every item is logged as it is removed.
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Plan your Brussels decommissioning
Send your asset list and target dates and Reboot Monkey will scope the removal. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.
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Data Center Decommissioning in Brussels
Digital Realty BRU1 - Brussels stands on Wezenbeekstraat in Brussels. When a company retires equipment from a Brussels facility, the work is physical and has to be traceable: hardware leaves a rack, and the customer needs to know exactly what left, from which position and when. Reboot Monkey is a third-party datacenter services operator. It does not own or run data centres, and it carries out decommissioning inside facilities that other companies own and run.
The building belongs to its operator, and Reboot Monkey engineers work under the operator's site rules. In practice this means removal is planned around the facility rather than against it. Removal is scheduled with the customer in advance, including any out-of-hours or weekend windows the facility requires, so the customer knows before the day who will be on site and when the work will be done.
Data center decommissioning, as Reboot Monkey defines it, is the removal and disposal of retired hardware. It is distinct from server migration, which moves equipment between racks, rooms or facilities and keeps it in service. A project that retires part of an estate and relocates the rest can combine both, and the two are planned together so that the asset list stays consistent from start to finish.
- Retired hardware is removed from the rack and disposed of.
- Work is scheduled in advance, including out-of-hours and weekend windows where the facility requires them.
Datacenter Facilities in Brussels
Data centres in Brussels, ordered by the number of networks present:
- Digital Realty BRU1 - Brussels, Wezenbeekstraat 2, Zaventem, 1930 Brussels: 103 networks; carriers Arcadiz, Arelion, Eurofiber, LASOTEL, NL-ix and others
- LCL Brussels (Diegem) (LCL Belgium), Kouterveldstraat 13, Diegem, 1831 Brussels: 47 networks; carriers Arcadiz and Eurofiber
- Level(3) Brussels (Colt Technology Services Group), Leon Grosjeanlaan 2, 1140 Brussels: 21 networks; carriers Arelion, Colt Technology Services and Eurofiber
- AtlasEdge DC Brussels BRU001, Mercuriusstraat 30, Nossegem, 1930 Brussels: 6 networks; carriers Eurofiber
- VERIXI Louise DC (VERIXI SA), Avenue Louise 326, 1050 Brussels: 5 networks
- KevlinX Brussels (KevlinX Holding B.V.), Antoon Van Osslaan 1/B 27 & 29, 1120 Brussels
- MCI/Verizon Brussels (Diegem) H (Verizon Communications, Inc.), Culliganlaan 2/H, Diegem, 1831 Brussels
Our Data Center Decommissioning Services
Decommissioning covers servers, switches, storage arrays, and their cabling and rail kits. The cabling and rail kits are part of the job, so a rack is left clear of the retired equipment's hardware rather than half-stripped. Where a rack holds both retiring and live equipment, the retiring items are identified against the customer's asset list before anything is touched.
Record-keeping is the core of the service. Serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions are recorded against the customer's asset list, and every item is logged as it is removed. The result is a record that procurement and IT can reconcile with their own inventory, instead of a general statement that the racks were emptied.
What happens to the hardware after removal depends on the customer's choice. IT asset disposition (ITAD) is available as a connected service: data wiping, on-site shredding or degaussing, collection and transport, and resale or buyback quoted case by case. This is processed by Reboot Monkey staff in a partner's processing facility or on the customer's site. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.
If the retired equipment was connected through cross connects or carrier circuits, the cabling in the customer's rack is dealt with as part of the removal, and Reboot Monkey engineers install and patch cabling in the customer's rack in the same way on the build side.
- Servers, switches and storage arrays, with their cabling and rail kits.
- Serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions recorded against the customer's asset list.
- Every item logged as it is removed.
- ITAD available: data wiping, on-site shredding or degaussing, collection and transport, and resale or buyback quoted case by case.
Why Reboot Monkey
Reboot Monkey sells rack space, IP transit, leased IP addresses, network, data-centre hardware and the services that deliver, install and support them, inside data centres that other companies own and run. It is not a hosting company. For a decommissioning project this means the same operator that installed or supported the equipment can also take it out, and the work is not tied to the interests of the facility landlord.
Continuity on the day matters on a project where a missed slot can mean a second out-of-hours booking. A second, briefed Reboot Monkey engineer is named as backup for every customer site, so the work does not depend on a single person being available.
As of 2026, Reboot Monkey's field engineers work in 190 countries and more than 400 locations. For a buyer in Brussels with equipment elsewhere, that allows a multi-site retirement programme to be run under one operator, using the same record-keeping approach at each site.
To start, send the asset list and the target dates. The request is scoped against the list, the removal window is agreed with the customer and the facility's requirements, and the logged record of removed items is what the customer receives as proof the work was done.
How Reboot Monkey Works
These terms apply in every facility in Brussels where Reboot Monkey engineers work.
- Response: 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA, and a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. The incident response SLA covers incidents and unplanned requests; on-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
- Monitoring: 24/7 NOC monitoring across all facilities, covering IPMI, iDRAC, SNMP, temperature, power, network signals.
- Hardware: vendor-neutral technicians for Dell, HP, Cisco, Juniper and Arista equipment.
- Independence: independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff).
- One agreement: single provider across cities, so a customer in several cities needs only one agreement.
- Service levels and terms: https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/solutions/sla
- Published case study: a major ICT provider engaged Reboot Monkey for three full infrastructure rollouts in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, with the hardware installed the same day at every site. Read the case study at https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/resources/case-study/how-we-completed-3-full-deployments-across-pakistan
Data sanitization and certificates
The data centres we work in hold their own certifications, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001. Ask us for the certificate of your site.
- NIST SP 800-88 data sanitization
- Certificate of Destruction issued per storage device processed
Frequently Asked Questions
What does data center decommissioning cover in Brussels?
In Brussels, decommissioning covers servers, switches, storage arrays, and their cabling and rail kits. Serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions are recorded against the customer's asset list, every item is logged as it is removed, and removal is scheduled in advance, including any out-of-hours or weekend windows the facility requires.
Do you work in every datacenter in Brussels?
Reboot Monkey engineers work in any facility in Brussels where the customer has equipment and access, under the operator's own access and safety rules. The customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list before the first visit.
How fast can Reboot Monkey respond in Brussels?
Incidents and unplanned requests are handled under a 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA. There is also a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. On-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
How is Reboot Monkey different from the facility operator's own staff?
Facility operators' own technicians work for the building. Reboot Monkey engineers work for the customer: they are independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff), follow the customer's instructions, and the same team can cover several buildings in the city under one agreement.
How do I get started with data center decommissioning in Brussels?
Send the site, the equipment and the task through the contact form. Reboot Monkey replies with a quote and an engineer plan for that facility. Once agreed, the customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list and the data center decommissioning work is scheduled under the operator's rules.
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Plan your Brussels decommissioning
Send your asset list and target dates and Reboot Monkey will scope the removal. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.